Monaco's academy has produced Thierry Henry, Kylian Mbappe and Anthony Martial and their latest crop of youngsters were at Old Trafford on Friday night to play Manchester United's Under 21s in the Premier League International Cup.
Martial is hardly on the level of Henry or Mbappe but he is still part of the French club's alumni, which players like Soungoutou Magassa and Eliesse Ben Seghir are now looking to join. A French correspondent was in the Old Trafford media room ahead of kick-off and he recommended following both of those players, while he was inquisitive about Kobbie Mainoo and Charlie Savage.
Monaco, who will play Arsenal on Monday, brought over a strong team to play United and yet United's youngsters were the players who seized the initiative in the match, with Mainoo splitting their backline with an outstanding pass within six minutes.
